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Election Day is here: Vote
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Voters crowded the courthouse for early voting last week, which ended at 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3. As of 1 p.m., 5,221 people had taken advantage of early voting in Ashe County, and there was still a line of people stretching out the doors of the board of elections office. That total is nearly 28 percent of the 19,010 registered voters in Ashe County.
Voters crowded the courthouse for early voting last week, which ended at 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3. As of 1 p.m., 5,221 people had taken advantage of early voting in Ashe County, and there was still a line of people stretching out the doors of the board of elections office. That total is nearly 28 percent of the 19,010 registered voters in Ashe County.
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This is the day. For those who have yet to cast a ballot for the county, state and national candidates for political office, there is no tomorrow.

However, according to Ashe County Board of Election officials, many voters didn’t wait for Election Day. As many as 5,221 people took advantage of early voting in Ashe County, which ended at 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3. That total is nearly 28 percent of the 19,010 registered voters in Ashe County, said Christine Arvidson, an official with the Ashe County Board of Elections.

If you haven’t voted yet and are planning to, these are the candidates to choose from when you inspect your ballot:

President and Vice President of the United States:

Barack Obama, Joe Biden (Democrat)

Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan (Republican)

Gary Johnson, James P. Gray

US House of Representatives District 5:

Elizabeth Motsinger (Democrat)

Virginia Foxx (Republican)

N.C. Governor:

Walter H. Dalton (Democrat)

Pat McCrory (Republican)

Barbara Howe (Libertarian)

N.C. Lieutenant Governor:

Linda D. Coleman (Democrat)

Dan Forest (Republican)

N.C. Attorney General:

Roy Cooper (Democrat)

N.C. Auditor

Beth A. Wood (Democrat)

Debra Goldman (Republican)

N.C. Commissioner of Agriculture:

Walter Smith (Democrat)

Steve Troxler (Republican)

N.C. Commissioner of Insurance:

Wayne Goodwin (Democrat)

Mike Causey (Republican)

N.C. Commissioner of Labor:

John C. Brooks (Democrat)

Cherie Berry (Republican)

N.C. Secretary of State:

Elaine Marshall (Democrat)

Ed Goodwin (Republican)

N.C. Superintendent of Public Instruction:

June Atkinson (Democrat)

John Tedesco (Republican)

N.C. Treasurer:

Janet Cowell (Democrat)

Steve Royal (Republican)

N.C. State Senate District 45:

Roy J. Carter (Democrat)

Dan Soucek (Republican)

N.C. House of Representatives District 93:

Cullie Tarleton (Democrat)

Jonathan Jordan (Republican)

Ashe Board of County Commissioners:

Richard C. Blackburn (Democrat)

Marty Gambill (Democrat)

Dan McMillan (Democrat)

Gerald Price (Republican)

Larry Rhodes (Republican)

Gary W. Roark (Republican)

N.C. Supreme Court Justice:

Sam J. Ervin IV

Paul Martin Newby

N.C. Court of Appeals Judge:

Linda McGee

David S. Robinson

N.C. Court of Appeals Judge:

Wanda Bryant

Marty McGee

N.C. Court of Appeals Judge:

Chris Dillon

Cressie Thigpen

N.C. District Court Judge District 23:

Jeanie Reavis Houston

Ashe County Board of Education:

Lee Beckworth

C.B. Jones

Ashe County Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor:

Jack Krider

Russell F. Vannoy

The following is a list of voting precincts in Ashe County:

Clifton Precinct: BROC Building, 169 Warrensville School Road, Warrensville.

Jefferson Precinct: Jefferson Fire Department, 205 Northwest Drvie, Jefferson.

Peak Creek: Peak Creek Community Building, 7062 NC Hwy 88, Laurel Springs.

Creston Precinct: Creston Fire Department, 163 Three Top Road, Creston.

Laurel Precinct: Creston Fire Department, 163 Three Top Road, Creston.

Pine Swamp Precinct: Fleetwood Fire Department, 9005 US Hwy 221 South, Fleetwood.

Elk Precinct: Zion Methodist Church, 319 Zion Methodist Church Road, Todd.

New River Precinct: New River Fire Department, 6067 N.C. Hwy 16 North, Crumpler.

Piney Creek Precinct: Lansing Fire Department, 9281 N.C. Hwy 194 North, Lansing.

Helton Precinct: Helton Community Center, 240 Old Helton School Road, Lansing.

North Fork Precinct: Sutherland Methodist Church, 129 Sutherland Road, Creston.

Pond Mountain Precinct: Pond Mountain Fire Department, 6038 Joines Road, Creston.

Horse Creek Precint: Old White Oak School, 104 Little Horse Creek Road, Lansing.

Obids Precinct: Glendale Springs Fire Dept., 7376 N.C. Hwy 16 South, Jefferson.

West Jefferson Precinct: Ashe Co. Arts Council Building, 303 School Ave, West Jefferson.

Hurricane Precinct: Nella Community Building, 3775 Big Horse Creek Road, Lansing.

Old Fields: Fleetwood Fire Department, 9005 US Hwy 221 South, Fleetwood.

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